As Independence Day nears, why not dress up your home with these easy to sew star pillows?
Easy DIY Patriotic Star Pillows Materials:
Instructions:
Start by printing out a large star onto a piece of paper (you can use the Zapf Dingbats font or google “star” to get your image.)
Lay the print out on top of the white felt and cut out the star shape slightly larger than the image. Read more
Learn how to make this White-Washed Patriotic Flag Sign and hang it with pride in your home.
The other day I was at the fabric store but after not finding that perfect fabric for one of my projects, I went to the other section of the store to take a break from it all. While there I saw a little sign that read:
This Is A Place We Gladly Call Home…
and for that we are truly thankful
Those words totally spoke to me! I didn’t buy the little sign but I came home thinking about how to create my own version. The sign was more expensive than the materials to make my own sign ten times bigger!
My sign came out beautiful, especially with the large American flag on the background. I’m happy to show you how to create your own White-Washed Patriotic Flag Sign! Let’s make this sign.
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Optional: Gold Sharpie marker
Cut off the tops to get rid of the “dog ears.” Mark the area for the blue square on the flag.
Add star stickers inside the square. Paint over the star stickers with blue paint.
Paint the red stripes next. After the paint dries, remove the star stickers. Give your boards a light sanding.
You can leave your patriotic sign like this or if you want to give it the white-washed look, continue.
White acrylic paint and water is mixed at a 50-50 ratio to create a white-wash. Apply three coats of the white-wash. Wait for the paint to dry between coats.
Print out your quote on the computer:
This Is A Place We Gladly Call Home…
and for that we are truly thankful
Transfer the lettering onto the boards using graphite paper.
Using a brown Sharpie, trace the letters and fill them in.
Do you want them a bit fancier? Use a gold Sharpie to create shadows.
After the letters are filled in, it will look like this:
Give the letters an extra two coats of the white-wash to make them blend better.
Lightly rub stain on the entire sign.
We’re finished making the White-Washed Patriotic Flag Sign. Now it’s time to assemble and hang the sign.
To hold the boards together, attach cup hooks and screw eyes between the boards. (I chose to paint mine silver since I only had gold.)
No need to pre-drill, the boards are fairly soft so the hooks and screw eyes will go in easily.
Attach two extra screw eyes to the top to hang it onto the wall.
This was a very easy way to put the sign together, hang it, and… it doesn’t take much space when it is time to store it away!
I hung some more patriotic decorations and our dining room is ready for a celebration!
What do you think of this White-Washed Patriotic Flag Sign Tutorial?
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Summer is unofficially here and I’m back to share a patriotic sewing project that uses denim! Yes, another way to repurpose those old holey (or should we say too tight?) blue jeans.
Nothing says 4th of July better than red, white and blue and this denim bunting is just that. Blue denim combined with red and white gingham ruffle trim makes the perfect pairing and a great project to repurpose those worn out jeans.
I think you might just be able to use this idea at your next backyard party regardless of the holiday, it’s chic, a little bit country, a little bit western and everyone loves denim.
I started with a pair of holey jeans that had seen the dryer one too many times and quickly made them into the cutest bunting decoration anyone with a little sewing skills could tackle. Read more
Summertime is here and cool popsicles are a must on a hot day. Sure you can buy a pack of popsicles at the grocery store, but this mama is trying to eliminate food dyes and increase the healthy desserts. With that goal I set forth to create festive fruit popsicles using a few ingredients I had on hand. And I used my newest kitchen appliance, the Ninja (which I absolutely LOVE! And am not paid to say that.)
Ingredients: Read more
Easter is just around the corner and I’m looking forward to crafting some egg-ceptional eggs with the boys. While browsing the crafting blogosphere I came across some really stunning eggs.
Amazing Real Eggs Made Shabby Chic with a Dremel and 3D paint by Sylwia Serwin Read more
